Ubuntu and Western Monotheism: An Axiological Investigation
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter Summaries -- How to Read this Book -- A Note on Style -- PART I: Setting the Stage -- 1. Introduction to the Comparative Project -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Com...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
/ Africa
/ Ethics
/ Western world
/ Monotheism
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| Further subjects: | B
Monotheism
B Electronic books B Ubuntu (Philosophy) |
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter Summaries -- How to Read this Book -- A Note on Style -- PART I: Setting the Stage -- 1. Introduction to the Comparative Project -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Comparative Project -- 1.2.1. The Current Comparison: Western Monotheism and Atheism -- 1.2.2. Understanding the Current Comparison -- 1.2.3. Axiological Judgements Versus Rational Preference -- 1.2.4. Expanding the Contrast Class: The Axiology of Ubuntu -- 1.3. The Axiology of Theism: The Current Debate -- 1.4. Motivating the Project: Intersubjective Ethical Disagreement -- 1.5. What Is African Philosophy? -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 2. What Is Ubuntu? -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Preliminaries -- 2.2.1. Language -- 2.2.2. Religious Versus Non-Religious Conceptions -- 2.3. Personhood Accounts of Ubuntu -- 2.3.1. Personhood as an Evaluative Term -- 2.3.2. Community as Intrinsically Valuable -- 2.3.3. Community as Instrumentally Valuable -- 2.3.4. Concluding Thoughts on Personhood Conceptions of Ubuntu -- 2.4. Cosmopolitan Accounts of Ubuntu -- 2.5. Relational Accounts of Ubuntu -- 2.5.1. Metz and Friendliness -- 2.5.2. Metz on Identity -- 2.5.3. Metz on Solidarity -- 2.5.4. Identity and Solidarity Together -- 2.5.5. The Capacity for Ubuntu -- 2.5.5. Friendliness and Impartiality/Partiality -- 2.5.6. Friendliness and Principles of Right Action -- 2.6. The Concept of Ubuntu Going Forward -- 2.7. Conclusion -- PART II: Ubuntu and the Axiology of Theism -- 3. Ubuntu and Anti-Theism -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Meaning in Life -- 3.2.1. The Meaningful Life Argument -- 3.2.2. Evaluation of the Meaningful Life Argument from Ubuntu -- 3.3. Privacy -- 3.3.1. The Privacy Argument Narrow Personal for Anti-Theism. |
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| ISBN: | 100043544X |